Thanks to Swancon Alicia Smith and I saw "The Wolverine" in 3D last night.

Thanks to Swancon Alicia Smith and I saw "The Wolverine" in 3D last night.

And were disappointed.

Now don't get me wrong, Hugh Jackman was great, Fukushima Rila and Okamoto Tao were great, Svetlana Khodchenkova was wonderfully psychotic, and Sanada Hiroyuki was wonderfully flawed.

But.

The movie was only OK. The plot dragged too long in the wrong places, the fight scenes were blurry and confused (unlike the fight scenes in Pacific Rim), and it lacked any really memorable lines (again unlike Pacific Rim, which was swimming in them).

On the up side, there is plenty of eye-candy for everyone (male, female, mecha...), but it is not enough to save the movie as a whole.

If you have to choose, see Pacific Rim instead.

3/5 and a flat Fanta spider with a pretty paper umbrella stuck in it when you were expecting dry ginger ale and fresh lime on the Sid and Nancy scale.

#thewolverine2013 #thewolverinemovie #pacificrim

Comments

  1. Alicia Smith25 July 2013 at 08:27

    I was glad to have my 2D from 3D glasses, it was a relief from some of the jerky fight scenes.

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  2. Jeremy Byrne25 July 2013 at 13:19

    Alicia Smith omg url plz!

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  3. Alicia Smith25 July 2013 at 13:31

    Jeremy Byrne  I don't recall where we got them, it might have been from here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e9b4/ but they're around. They work as advertised. Quite a relief to be able to opt out of 3D at any time without missing the movie.

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  4. Rob Masters25 July 2013 at 13:56

    Jeremy Byrne we got them from http://www.2d-glasses.com/ directly. Enjoy!

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  5. Jeremy Byrne25 July 2013 at 14:35

    Alicia Smith Thanks! Rob Masters Awesome. Their FAQ page explainsthat they're just 3D glasses with the lenses swapped, so I've made a couple of pairs myself. Look forward to trying them!

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  6. Alicia Smith25 July 2013 at 14:41

    Good luck!

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  7. Garry Winterton25 July 2013 at 15:27

    not unexpected whenever the xmen are taken out of urban america they seem to lose the xfactor

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  8. Alicia Smith25 July 2013 at 16:24

    I dunno, the movie just seemed to lose impetus about 3/4 of the way through.

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